UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION continued... UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION continued... Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 826 Express Mail. 1894-1938 Covers and cards to other countries all with a fee paid for express delivery to the addressee, with 1894 cover from Holland to Belgium franked 25c and bearing a yellow "EXPRESSE" label, other items from Holland (3), Italy, G.B, Austria, Germany (3), France and Switzerland. (12). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 827 A.R Mail. 1893-1949 Registered covers with "AR" or "Return Receipt" handstamps or endorsements (9), AR cards (5) and forms (5), including Straits Settlements 1906 form (with envelope, some faults) and 1933 card, 1925 Norway card for a letter sent to Penang, etc. (19). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 828 C.O.D Mail. 1888-1947 Covers or parcel cards with Cash on Delivery labels, also a G.B Charge label (which includes boxes for C.O.D charges) used to collect Customs Duty. (10). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 829 Paquebot Mail. 1893-1935 Covers and cards posted at sea, including 1893-94 covers with G.B 2½d cancelled at Lisbon, Paquebot handstamps from the first year of use in 1894 from Naples, Helsingborg and Malmo (2), scarce oval framed Paquebot of Port of Spain on 1895 Venezuela postcard, etc. (12). Est. £120-140 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 830 P.O.W Mails - Balkan Wars. 1913 (Apr 3) Registered cover from Sofia to Paris franked Bulgaria 50c, handstamped bilingual violet "LIBRE de TAXE / Prisonnier de Guerre", a fine and scarce Balkan War P.O.W cover, postage free under U.P.U rules with the 50c stamp applied to pay for registration. Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 831 U.P.U Congresses and Anniversaries. 1900-87 Covers and cards including 1900 25th Anniversary cover with Swiss 5c stamp tied by Berne U.P.U datestamp and postcard with Swiss 5c stamp, Japan 1902 25th anniversary of U.P.U membership postcards (5, three with special c.d.s) and 1927 50th anniversary of membership c.d.s on cover, 1924 Stockholm U.P.U Congress postcards with special datestamps and U.P.U stamps (9, five C.T.O), 1933 Ottawa and 1939 Buenos Ayres U.P.U Congress covers with U.P.U stamps tied by special datestamps (1933 cover also with cachet), etc. Also Romania booklet containing stamps presented to delegates at the 1929 London Conference. (33). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 832 1890-1959 Covers and cards including use of perfins, military mail stamped to foreign destinations, "A.O" labels on airmail, redirection, etc. (23); International Reply Coupons (12, six first type); also 1897 Washington Convention and 1920 Madrid Convention both printed by H.M.S.O. (38). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. AIR MAILS AIR MAILS Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 833 1937-39 Transatlantic flights including address panel from a parcel of newspapers carried on the experimental Foynes to Montreal "Mercury" flight, 1939 northern hemisphere round the world cover with G.B, U.S.A and Hong Kong stamps, Southampton to Montreal first flight (Swedish acceptance), etc. (10). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 834 1936-39 First flight covers to or from G.B, comprising 1936 London to Malmo, London to Stockholm night service via Hamburg, London to Malmo first 2½d all-up rate pilot signed, Rotterdam to Doncaster; 1937 London to Paris or The Hague first 2½d rate, Cairo to London, London to Marseille, London to Habbaniyah, Iraq (Belgian acceptance); 1938 London to Tallinn first 2½d rate, London to Teheran; 1939 London to Baghdad first 1½d rate. (12). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 835 1939-45 Wartime airmails, selected covers including official mail carried by pilot from G.B to South Africa (2) or U.S.A, R.A.F Ferry Service covers sent between G.B and Canada (4), P.O Box 506 cover from Hungary to Lisbon forwarded to G.B franked 2½d, Swiss cover to Bletchley Park undercover address P.O. Box 444, G.B P.O.W 2½d air letter to Algeria and 3d postcards to Japan or Thailand, covers from South African internees in Switzerland (2) and former internees with "SOUTH AFRICAN A.P.O (U.K) / 1" c.d.s applied in Brighton (2), G.B 6d air letter with French Battleship "Richelieu" datestamp, Egypt cover to The Spears Mission in Syria & Lebanon with "British Airways, Approved for Despatch, Cairo" cachet, etc. (21). Est. £350-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 836 1939-46 Wartime covers and cards, various air routes including 1939 "Aotearoa" survey flight from Tonga to Auckland, 1939 (Sep 7) G.B to Southern Rhodesia first flight at 1/3 rate, 1942 Canadian forces in G.B cover to British Guiana franked 1/3 with 12c postage due stamp, Press Photos covers from G.B franked 2/6 to U.S.A or 1/3 to South Africa, 1939 Egypt postcard to G.B carried on first KLM flight to Naples, first G.B wartime flights to France and Finland, first flights to and from Lisbon, Northern Rhodesia 4d registration envelope franked 1/3 to Australia with triangular censor, G.B 3d registration envelope franked 2/6 from M.E.F to South Africa, 1946 registered soldiers cover from Germany to South Africa franked 2/6 and charged 4d, 5/- G.B to India transpacific rate, India to U.S.A with Hong Kong "A.V.2", etc. (32). Est. £180-220 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 837 1940-42 Covers flown over the horseshoe route including first flight covers from G.B to Australia and Sudan to G.B, G.B to Singapore redirected to India with F.P.O S.P 502 c.d.s on the front, Somaliland to South Africa franked KUT 1sh.60c cancelled E.A A.P.O 74, etc., also two earlier 1940 covers. (16). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 838 Transatlantic Flights - Pan Am. 1941 (Dec 6) F.A M 22 Route, Miami to Leopoldville, Belgian Congo via Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Brazil, Gambia and Nigeria, first outward flight covers from Miami (2), San Juan (3), Port of Spain (3), Belem (4), Natal (3), Bathurst (2) or Lagos, and first return flight covers from Leopoldville (7), Lagos (6) or Bathurst (5), virtually all carried on differing legs. Also a Photo of the "Capetown Clipper" signed by the pilot W. Masland. (37). (Image1) Est. £350-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 839 Airletters/Airgraphs. 1941-45 Air letter proof pair with "Army form W3077" imprints, other air letters (6) and airgraphs (7, four with envelopes) including 1941 (Aug 9) first day lettercard from Palestine to South Africa, 1943 S.A.A.F 40th Squadron and 1944 "Springbok up north" Christmas Greetings air letters, original S.E Asia Command Christmas Greetings airgraph form with India 3a stamp, 1943 Southern Rhodesia Christmas Greetings first day airgraph, 1942 (May 1) first day airgraph from G.B to South Africa, 1945 (July 31) last day airgraph from G.B to CMF or South Africa to Australia, etc. (15). Est. £180-220 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 840 1944-46 First flight covers comprising 1944 Australia to G.B; 1945 Australia to G.B weekly express service pilot signed, London to South Africa; 1946 London to Sydney via Singapore (pilot signed) and return flight, Australia to Canada, London to Norway, Jamaica to London via Bermuda, the last very scarce. (8). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 841 1946 B.O.A.C Test Letters, London (Feb 22) to Bahrein with March 3 backstamp, or Karachi (Apr. 12) to London, both with enclosed forms showing posting and arrival dates. (2). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 842 Malta/Gibraltar. 1941-42 Stampless O.A.S covers from Gibraltar to G.B handstamped "AIRMAIL" or boxed "AIR / MAIL", Malta to G.B endorsed Air Mail with red London machine and label "Malta is Grateful to the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force for the Safe Arrival of this letter", cover from London to Malta franked 5d with green cross label tied by Leyton machine, minor faults. (4). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 843 West Africa. 1940-45 Covers including 1943 (Jan 15) cover from Buea, Cameroons franked Nigeria 1/3, fire damaged, with 1952 F.J Field letter stating it was from an R.A.F crash; 1945 pilot carried cover from Takoradi to London; 1942 cover from Iraq to London "by PAN AM Clipper via West Africa"; 1941 O.A.S cover from Egypt franked 1/8 to G.B flown via Lagos with "Damaged by Sea Water" cachet, etc. (8). Est. £100-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 844 Nigeria/Sierra Leone. 1936-38 First Flight covers comprising 1936 Nigeria to Kenya or Hong Kong, London to El Fasher via Khartoum (Belgian acceptance), London to Kano, Minna to Lagos, Lagos to Maidugari; 1937 Lagos to Accra; 1938 Freetown to Bathurst pilot signed, London to Freetown. All fine, the first Nigeria acceptances to Hong Kong and Kenya both very scarce. (9). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 845 East & South Africa. 1936-39 Covers and cards including 1937 cover from Tristan da Cunha franked 1/- intended to go by air from South Africa but carried by sea, 1937 (June 8) first northbound flying boat service cover from Durban to Southampton pilot signed, 1937 (June 28) postcard (pilot signed) and Empire Air Scheme leaflet carried on first G.B to South Africa all-up flight, 1937 (Dec 29) underpaid cover from South Africa to G.B with Christmas Concession surcharge waived label, etc. (12). Est. £180-220 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 846 Far East/Australasia. 1936-38 Covers, mainly first flights including 1936 London to Tourane or Hong Kong, Penang to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Shanghai R.A.F flight; 1937 London to Cannanore (Belgian acceptance); 1938 first all-up flights from London to Singapore, Melbourne and Wellington, Singapore to London, Wellington to Gwalior, also North Borneo cover to G.B franked 25c, etc. (15). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Trans-Pacific Flights Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 847 1925-36 Pioneer flights, covers and cards comprising 1925 (Aug. 22) San Francisco to Hawaii U.S Navy plane flight attempt cover (forced down at sea due to engine trouble, also a commemorative postcard), 1926 Madrid to Manila flight by Spanish aviators Gallarza & Loriga, 1935 (June 20) Manila to G.B cover flown by R.A.F to Singapore (53 flown), 1935 (Mar. 8) U.S Navy Night Survey flight to Wake Island with stamps cancelled at Manila and Pearl Harbour (pilot signed), 1935 Tokyo to Manila and Manila to Osaka flights by Japanese aviators Minichi & Nichi, 1936 R.A.F flights from Manila to Amoy or Shanghai. (9). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 848 1935 Pan Am F.A.M 14 Survey Flights, covers comprising April first flight from San Francisco to Honolulu flown on the outward, return or both flights (also U.S.S Whippoorwill Pearl Harbour "Clipper landed" cancel, two photos and news cuttings); August second flight from Honolulu to Wake Island and back, pilot signed (also three photos of the plane); October third flight from San Francisco to Guam (2, one also carried on return flight); and March commemorative cover for Pan Am Clipper base at Alameda. (8+). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 849 1935 (Nov 22) Pan Am "China Clipper" first flight from San Francisco to Manila, covers flown from San Francisco to Guam (3), Honolulu (3) or Manila (3, one also carried on return flight), Honolulu to Guam (2) or Manila (2), Guam to Manila (3); and Dec. 2nd first return flight covers flown from Manila to Guam, Honolulu or San Francisco (5), Guam to Honolulu (4) or San Francisco (2), Honolulu to San Francisco (3), also commemorative cancels from U.S Ships (2), three outward flight covers signed by the crew of seven. (34). Est. £350-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 850 1935-85 Pan Am "China Clipper" photos and ephemera, the extensive lot with original privately taken photos of the delivery of the aircraft on 11 Nov. 1935 (7) or prior to departure on the first regular flight on 22 Nov. (15), Pan Am invitation card to the reception for the aviators upon their arrival at Manila, 1936 cover bearing a label of the aircraft, picture postcards, news cuttings, also covers for the 15th, 40th or 50th anniversaries, 1985 U.S 44c commemorative stamp with missing magenta used on piece, etc. Est. £250-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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